‘One or two member cannot divide JD(U)’, says KC Tyagi
Politics | Aug 12, 2017, 09:50 PM ISTMeanwhile, BJP president Amit Shah today said in a tweet that he had invited Kumar to formally join the NDA.
Meanwhile, BJP president Amit Shah today said in a tweet that he had invited Kumar to formally join the NDA.
Ali Anwar Ansari said the faction led by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has become a ‘Sarkari JD(U)’.
Sharad Yadav refused to say anything on the JD(U) decision to replace him as the parliamentary party leader on Saturday. Yadav said when he had "not been afraid of Indira Gandhi, what do others matter".
Differences between Nitish Kumar and Sharad Yadav surfaced after the former snapped ties with the Congress and the RJD, and allied with the BJP to form a new government in Bihar last month.
Kumar’s remark comes in backdrop of Yadav expressing his displeasure over the Chief Minister’s decision to walk out of the Grand Alliance and join ranks with the BJP to form government in the state.
Party sources said that CM Nitish Kumar was unhappy with Yadav over his public remarks expressing his reservations with the developments that transpired last month.
Yadav's greetings to Patel assumes significance because the JD(U) had asked its lone MLA in Gujarat, Chhotu Vasava, to vote in favour of BJP's Balwantsinh Rajput. However, Vasava said that he voted for Congress' nominee Ahmed Patel.
The JD(U) today targeted former party president Sharad Yadav for his opposition to party’s alliance with the BJP in Bihar.
Sharad Yadav's aide Vijay Verma said the JD(U) leader is in touch with old friends and forming a new party is one of the options.
Sharad Yadav said that Nitish breaking away from the Congress-JD(U-RJD) Grand Alliance and allying with the BJP and the NDA went against the “mandate by the people” who voted overwhelmingly for the former
RJD chief Lalu Prasad today appealed to former JD(U) president Sharad Yadav to undertake a nationwide tour to defeat "communal" forces that have fanned out in the country.
The series of tweets by Yadav came hours after he received an invitation from RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav to lead the battle against the BJP in Bihar
Quizzed over the happenings in the political landscape in Bihar, Yadav refused to comment on the developments, but hinted that ‘it will send a wrong message among people of Bihar’.
They also discussed the ongoing farmers protests in different parts of the country and the need to take up the issue to corner the NDA government at the Centre.
Senior JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav has indicated that opposition parties will fight the presidential poll if the BJP proposes a candidate with strong Hindutva leanings.
Presidential polls are scheduled for July this year. Incumbent Pranab Mukherjee so far appears unlikely to contest for a second term.
Senior Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav has stoked a fresh controversy with his remark that ‘beti ki izzat se vote ki izzat badi hai’ (honour of a vote is more important that the honour of a daughter).
Senior JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav today denied reports of differences between him and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on ‘demonetisation’ and clarified that both of them were on the same page on this issue.
Arguments on demonetisation continue to echo in the Parliament as leader of Opposition Arun Jaitley and JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav today exchanged sharp barbs in the Rajya Sabha over the issue. The heated exchange was
Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav stoked a major controversy with his remark that the “Kanwar Yatra is performed by those who are unemployed”.
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